Chapter 62 Lin Chaoyue was shrouded in smog...
At such a critical moment, Lin Chaoyue's thoughts became increasingly clear.
Completely unlike his usual lazy self, he analyzed the points on the map with remarkable clarity and detail.
"The airdrop crates around the camp entrance area have definitely all been opened. I walked along the edge before, and there were very few airdrop crates there, so the badge drop rate is probably not high. The remaining area is the middle zone. There are some obstructions here, but the large open space in the middle is completely unobstructed. I think that when airdrops are deployed later, they will most likely be placed there."
"We're only one short anyway, should we just go and take a look?"
"I'll listen to you."
Pei Shuwen agreed readily, leaving Lin Chaoyue momentarily stunned.
But seeing the certainty in his eyes, she still nodded slightly.
Thinking back, this was the first time in a long time that she had ventured into her area of expertise and found the initiative with Pei Shuwen.
How can I describe this feeling?
Very fresh.
She didn't quite understand Li Cong's theory that one should display one's peacock-like beauty in front of someone they like.
Now she not only understands it thoroughly, but also acts swiftly.
After actively eliminating two unlucky passersby and opening two airdrop crates without badges, Lin Chaoyue decided to find a good opportunity to perform a 'damsel in distress' rescue.
Then, take the opportunity to ask Pei Shuwen how he had come to consider the matter from last time.
With a handsome man by your side, it's hard not to feel a little distracted.
When Lin Chaoyue encountered Zhao Huai'an and he waved to her, her instinctive reaction was not to draw her gun, but to wave back.
Until the electron gun fired.
When the red paint on Lin Chaoyue's body exploded, her head buzzed.
The electronic health bar quickly dropped by one bar.
Lin Chaoyue's lips twitched as she spoke, making a accusatory gesture.
"You have no martial ethics!"
"What is martial virtue? Have you ever heard of it? I certainly haven't."
Zhao Huai'an crossed his arms smugly, looking at his three 'followers' behind him.
The three 'lackeys' were initially hesitant, after all, the person opposite them was Pei Lu, the boss among bosses.
After exchanging glances, they realized that although Pei Lu was on the other side, they had Zhao Huai'an backing them up, so they became more assertive.
They all said in unison, "Never heard of it!"
Zhao Huai'an raised an eyebrow smugly: "So, will you surrender on your own, or will we beat you to surrender?"
While uttering words of 'persuasion to surrender,' Zhao Huai'an's hand holding the gun was already itching to fire again, after all, such an opportunity to torture Pei Shuwen was rare and hard to come by.
If he hadn't heard that Pei Shuwen was coming, he wouldn't have gotten up so early and rushed over.
Just now, four drops of blood were bullying two drops of blood, but now four people are surrounding him and Pei Shuwen.
I'm afraid I'll be riddled with bullets later.
Lin Chaoyue rarely felt a sense of crisis.
However, even in this situation, she didn't forget to 'save the hero'.
Despite her small stature, she stood in front of Pei Shuwen without hesitation: "I have a lot of health, I'll cover you and get out of here first."
"That probably won't work."
“It’s not impossible. I can hold out for a while. You run faster later. There’s a row of small wooden houses at four o’clock. You can hide there.”
Lin Chaoyue mistakenly believed that Pei Shuwen did not want to abandon her.
Afraid that he would refuse again, she spoke while reaching into her pocket to take out the bullets and badges inside.
I want to leave everything to Pei Shuwen.
Pei Shuwen acted faster, pressing down on her pocket first. This time, he lowered his voice and said, "If the badge shows, you won't be able to leave."
“We were spotted as we walked over. If I’m not mistaken, there were at least two people following us, but they shouldn’t be a team. I noticed that the initials on their wristbands were different.”
"Are your eyes back?"
"I just tried out the 4x scope and saw it by accident."
Lin Chaoyue: "..."
Lin Chaoyue: "So you mean we're not surrounded by four people now, but... six?"
Out of the corner of my eye, I glanced at the bushes on my right and saw a piece of white cloth that wasn't covered up, where someone was clearly squatting.
Even if she were riddled with bullets, she probably couldn't save Pei Shuwen.
"What do we do then? Just wait to die? We've already collected three badges; it would be such a waste to be eliminated now."
"Want to win?"
"Of course I want to!" Putting aside the prize money, her competitive spirit, which rises whenever she gets into the game, makes her unwilling to be eliminated so easily.
Pei Shuwen: "Then come here..."
Zhao Huai'an kept his attention on the two people in front of him.
Seeing them whispering, he sneered smugly, "I advise you to save your breath. In the face of absolute strength, other tricks are useless."
He refused to believe that no matter how capable Pei Shuwen was, with a burden like that, she could escape from the clutches of the four of them.
Lin Chaoyue didn't believe it at first either.
But when she heard what Pei Shuwen said next, her eyes lit up.
"Will this work? There are only two of us," Lin Chaoyue said uncertainly, but with a hint of excitement in her voice. "Then we'll try it later."
Pei Shuwen smiled and said, "I've never seen you so enthusiastic about work before."
Team building activities lasting several days.
Although Lin Chaoyue wasn't very active, she didn't learn nothing either.
I did learn a few things about workplace communication.
"Learning to collaborate with team members during team building activities is also part of the smooth progress of subsequent work."
"My enthusiasm for playing games is roughly equivalent to my enthusiasm for team building, which is equivalent to my enthusiasm for work. Attorney Pei, I've been working so hard, is there any reward for me?"
Lin Chaoyue is very good at acting cute.
Pei Shuwen casually ruffled her fluffy head.
Zhao Huai'an was very dissatisfied with this behavior of showing affection even when facing imminent disaster.
"Stop, stop, stop! This is a team building activity, not a place for you to flirt on company money."
Zhao Huai'an was used to speaking without restraint, and the others were somewhat nervous in front of Pei Shuwen, so they didn't nitpick his words or take them seriously.
Urged on by Zhao Huai'an, they stood in two rows with their hands on their hips, shouting slogans loudly: "This mountain is mine, this tree is mine, if you want to pass through, leave your life behind."
"Pfft." Lin Chaoyue instantly relaxed.
Well, she had only planned to try Pei Shuwen's method and didn't have high hopes, but seeing the attitude of the people opposite her, she suddenly became very confident.
Lin Chaoyue straightened up, swallowed hard, silently gripped the gun, met Pei Shuwen's eyes, and signaled that she was ready.
Pei Shuwen's movements were almost instantaneous.
At the same time, the sound of the electronic gun, now without its silencer, also rang out.
The few people who were still posing and chanting slogans in line obviously didn't react until the paint exploded on his chest and his health bar dropped by one bar. Only then did they exclaim "Ah!" and scatter in surprise.
"Damn it, Pei Shuwen, you bastard! You attacked me from behind!"
This game doesn't start with direct gunfights; the rest is all about sneak attacks.
Before the others could react, Lin Chaoyue had already quietly moved a considerable distance, while Pei Shuwen lagged behind by a few steps but was also moving.
Seeing the two men trying to run away, Zhao Huai'an finally remembered to raise his gun: "Shoot them! Don't be stingy with bullets, we'll take them from them later!"
The sound of electron guns rang out in succession.
Surrounded by four people, Lin Chaoyue and Pei Shuwen, despite their ability to dodge, were each shot.
"Stop fighting! Stop fighting! We surrender!"
"We surrender!"
Lin Chaoyue shouted that she was surrendering, and before the others could react, she had already started throwing things out one by one.
"We'll give you the supplies: bullets, ammunition, and spare parts."
Zhao Huai'an was a cunning old fox, extremely vigilant: "Let me tell you, don't try anything funny. We'll eliminate you all later, and the supplies will be ours too."
"But you're almost out of bullets. It will take you a few more shots to hit us. What if someone else comes from behind and we've run out of bullets on both sides? Do you want someone else to reap the benefits?"
Pei Shuwen's negotiations always went straight to the heart of the matter.
Zhao Huai'an thought there was some truth to this, and also wanted to 'capture' Pei Shuwen alive. He figured he could pull off a big show, so he ordered, "Keep an eye on them. I'll pick up all the bullets first."
Lin Chaoyue and Pei Shuwen met eyes again.
Pei Shuwen glanced at her pocket, and under his confirming gaze, Lin Chaoyue grabbed another handful from her pocket, this time throwing it towards the bushes.
"You can have the badges too!"
"Badges! They have badges there!"
The silver-white metal badge attracted everyone's attention.
Zhao Huai'an seized the opportunity when there was a gap in the bullets, and the other members of the team practically swarmed forward.
Zhao Huai'an wanted to win, but his desire to take first place wasn't that strong.
Unlike the other group, who were all penniless recent graduates, he wasn't driven by a desire for victory, but by a belief in winning the prize money to escape poverty.
Zhao Huai'an realized he couldn't stop them.
He simply stood behind the group to provide cover for them. Although he had retrieved all the bullets, he remained tense. His right eyelid twitched three times, as if something else was about to happen.
Zhao Huai'an urged quickly, "Have you picked them up yet? Are they badges?"
"Yes...but..."
"But what?" Zhao Huai'an turned around and saw the badge being picked up. A moment of smugness flashed in his eyes, but his smug expression quickly disappeared from his face.
Two people were clearly crouching in the parted grass.
Two unfamiliar faces.
broken!
They still outnumbered him, but they were caught in a pincer movement, with four gleaming gun barrels pointed at him, while his own team was clearly still in the dark.
His gun-raising movements were chaotic and disorganized.
But it was too late.
"Bang bang bang bang."
Four electronic gunshots rang out, all clearly targeting Zhao Huai'an. The emotionless electronic announcement quickly declared him eliminated.
Forced to abandon all his equipment, Zhao Huai'an belatedly glared at Pei Shuwen.
It must have been him who did it!
He just couldn't believe it was such a coincidence that there were two people squatting in the bushes.
Of course, it was a coincidence.
Everything that just happened was basically within Pei Shuwen's calculations.
Lin Chaoyue had initially thought that even if the people on the other side were slow to react, they shouldn't be this slow. It seems she had overestimated them.
With the core player out of the game, the remaining five people are still from three teams, making things much easier.
"What do we do next?"
"run."
"What?" When Lin Chaoyue first heard it, she thought she had misheard and hadn't heard it clearly.
Pei Shuwen said the word 'escape' with great calmness, even more so than when she had just asked her to surrender.
"Split up and run. If you get away, hide and come back here to meet up when you're sure no one is chasing you. If someone is chasing you, find a safe place to hide."
What's the point of just hiding? This game doesn't care who survives to the end.
"What about the badge? Should we give it a try? We're just one short. What if the other side has one too? And the airdrop crate next to us hasn't been opened yet."
They started out walking around in the open space in such a carefree manner.
She rushed over because she saw the airdrop crate lying on the earthen slope from a great distance.
Pei Shuwen: "Let's run first, we'll talk about the badge later."
But when it comes to Pei Shuwen, she now instinctively obeys.
"Okay... fine."
Anyway, as long as we're alive, we can always make a comeback. Even if we lose one, we still have two badges left. We almost used up all our bullets to make our surrender look convincing, so we might not be able to win against five opponents.
"I'll count to three, then we'll do it together."
"1, 2, 3..."
Lin Chaoyue has never run too fast.
From the running start to the sprint, she used almost every ounce of strength she had.
Gunshots rang out again from behind, but despite her skillful, serpentine movements, she didn't miss a single shot.
Once she had run out of bullets and was no longer being chased, she found a stone stool, sat down, and gasped for breath.
"Phew... This real-life PUBG is so tiring."
"I don't know when it will end."
It was almost afternoon, and the sun was high overhead. Lin Chaoyue was both thirsty and feeling the heat.
Her throat was dry, so she swallowed twice, rolled up her sleeves, and loaded herself with the last bullet. Now, besides the gun in her hand, all she had left was the spray gun and one bullet.
Being poor for a while meant not having money, but at least there were plenty of resources in the game.
Now I'm broke even after entering the game.
Lin Chaoyue sighed deeply, realizing that she would most likely lose money this year, but the thought that she still had two badges in her pocket gave her some comfort.
He reached into his pocket and patted it.
Hearing the 'clinking' sound, Lin Chaoyue initially found it very pleasant, but soon realized that something was wrong.
This sound... it doesn't sound like the sound of two badges colliding at all.
A thought flashed through her mind, and with a mixture of belief and skepticism, she reached into her pocket.
The silver badge was laid flat in the palm of the hand.
Numbers up to 5 don't usually need to be counted one by one, but Lin Chaoyue did count them anyway, and she counted them very carefully.
"1, 2, 3, damn it! How can there be 3???"
At that moment, a loud "Fuck!" echoed from somewhere in the bushes.
The boy was covered and dodged three bullets. With only a sliver of health left, he finally managed to hide and had a moment to look at the badge he had stolen.
As a result, a cut was made on the surface of the 'silver badge,' revealing a section of its silver foil outer layer.
Tearing open the silver foil packaging with my teeth, some black residue got on my upper lip, and the melting taste was distinctly sweet.
This isn't a badge!
It's clearly chocolate!
The camp had plenty of food supplies, and chocolate was a fairly common item. These supplies were custom-made for the recent team-building activity, so they were all printed with the Juntian Liangmu logo.
The map at the entrance actually has descriptions of each food item written in the corners. There's also a small note next to this custom-made round chocolate to help people distinguish it from the real badge.
But who reads the instruction manual these days?
We've been tricked! We've been tricked!
Lin Chaoyue roughly guessed what was going on. Listening to the successive announcements of eliminations, she didn't bother to hide and ran back along the way she had come.
No wonder Pei Shuwen was so confident, telling her to throw the badge to feign surrender, and later repeatedly emphasizing that she should hide well once she ran away.
It turns out they were just playing a game of muddying the waters.
Others don't read the instructions, but she read them from beginning to end when she came in.
Pei Shuwen had touched her pocket a few times before, but she didn't take it seriously. It seems that was when she replaced the badge she was about to throw away with chocolate.
In that tense moment, even she herself didn't see clearly, let alone others. Coupled with her distressed expression, she naturally fooled everyone.
Carrying a spray gun that hasn't been used yet.
Lin Chaoyue was actually a little annoyed.
She had a feeling that Pei Shuwen might not have left at all, but was covering for her.
A perfectly good story of "the damsel in distress saves the hero" has suddenly turned into "the hero saves the damsel in distress".
What a pity.
It's such a pity!
Hopefully, Pei Shuwen won't be eliminated too quickly, and we can give her another chance to prove herself.
Pei Shuwen is very strong, extremely strong. Not only is he agile, but his marksmanship is also very accurate. Whoever he points his gun at and hesitates is basically doomed.
Zhao Huai'an knew very well what kind of people were in his team.
It would have been fine if he hadn't been eliminated, but now that he's out, everyone is afraid of him and will definitely be hesitant and timid.
Just before being dragged away, Zhao Huai'an yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Whoever eliminates Pei Shuwen will receive a personal reward of 10,000 yuan per shot! Don't just stand there, shoot him! Think about our team! Think about the bonuses you're about to receive!"
"Charge! Charge! Charge!!"
Everyone was initially hesitant, but Pei Shuwen had already fired the first shot. Whether out of instinct or motivated by the promise of money, the others began to retaliate.
Later, I became so immersed in the game that I forgot all about the boss.
When Lin Chaoyue returned, Pei Shuwen was surrounded by two people.
That was 2v6.
It's 2v2 now.
Lin Chaoyue was still holding a spray gun. Apart from losing a drop of blood from her defensive equipment, she was basically at full health.
Unless there was a bug with her health bar, she felt it would be difficult for her to lose, so she stared intently at Pei Shuwen and then walked in his direction.
"Don't move!"
At first, Pei Shuwen didn't notice Lin Chaoyue until he saw the person crouching in the grass move, and that person was moving in Lin Chaoyue's direction.
Lin Chaoyue was startled by the shout and hadn't realized what was happening.
Two gunshots rang out in quick succession, two of which hit her directly in the back and calf, and she realized that someone was lying in ambush behind her.
It was too late to retaliate. She wanted to dodge, but subconsciously she remembered Pei Shuwen's "Don't move," and her feet were firmly rooted to the spot like nails.
I heard the third and fourth gunshots.
She has resigned herself to being eliminated.
But the expected shock didn't come. Instead, colorful paint exploded on Pei Shuwen's white team-building uniform.
"Number 1103, out."
"Number 2002, out."
Hearing the number starting with 20, Lin Chaoyue's heart skipped a beat, thinking it was her. But after hearing the complete number, she felt it was better if it were her.
Member number 2 of group 20 is Pei Shuwen.
Only after the two people in front and behind were eliminated did Lin Chaoyue belatedly realize what had just happened.
It was still that same patch of grass, and the same people hiding there in ambush. Last time, with Pei Shuwen's guidance and reminders, she never went near that area. This time, she was in a hurry to come back and became careless.
Pei Shuwen noticed immediately and helped her resolve the situation, but the two men surrounding Pei Shuwen were no pushovers either; the extra gunshot rang out and hit him.
Pei Shuwen helped her solve her problem, but she ended up becoming his problem instead.
A sense of frustration welled up inside me.
But now is clearly not a good time to be discouraged.
Her hand holding the gun became even steadyer.
In this game, those who are eliminated must obediently play dead; they can't say a word the moment they're eliminated.
Zhao Huai'an was just cheating.
Pei Shuwen respected the rules of the game. The moment he was eliminated, he dropped all his supplies and didn't say another word. He just glanced at Lin Chaoyue indifferently.
That one glance served as a wake-up call for Lin Chaoyue.
The "damsel in distress" scenario is definitely out of the question, but the revenge plot for Pei Shuwen can't wait until he's completely gone before it's performed.
She still has a tiny chance of being saved.
Taking advantage of the moment when the two remaining players on the field were not paying attention, Lin Chaoyue opened the bolt of the spray gun and sprayed the two people in front of her without hesitation. The two were caught off guard and were eliminated before they could even react.
As the broadcast announced the eliminations again, Lin Chaoyue was left alone in the chaotic scene.
She had completely given up hope of winning.
She felt only guilt for holding Pei Shuwen back.
He could survive even when facing multiple opponents alone; if it weren't for her, he might have actually made it to the end.
Lin Chaoyue walked towards the airdrop crate with a look of utter despair. Her hands were moving, but her mind wasn't on it at all. She held the round badge in her hand, still lost in thought.
"Warriors, please put down your equipment. This battle is over! Please assemble at the finish line of the camp! Please assemble at the finish line of the camp!"
"The winning team of this live-action CS game is team number 20."
Lin Chaoyue's hazy eyes suddenly widened.
Group 20? That must be her group.
Looking at the four round badges in her hand, Lin Chaoyue's eyes gradually lit up.
No matter how tortuous the process.
What's certain now is that she got the best possible result!
When Lin Chaoyue arrived at the end of the camp, her first thought was to find Pei Shuwen, but she looked around and didn't see him. Instead, she noticed that everyone was celebrating.
What are you doing here?
Both Nie Shanshan and Meng Yuzhi were holding bracelets, their faces flushed red, whether from the heat or from happiness, it was hard to tell.
"Lin Chaoyue, come quick! We're having roast whole lamb for dinner tonight! What else would you like to eat? It's on me!"
Meng Yuzhi was still a little shy, but this time she raised her hand more outgoingly: "I'll treat you too, you can eat whatever you want."
To be honest, Lin Chaoyue was somewhat surprised.
Although she knew that Nie Shanshan and Meng Yuzhi had won a lot of prize money in the team building games these past few days, she knew that no matter how much they won, it wouldn't be as much as she had won.
If she doesn't treat me, then fine.
Why do I have to treat her to something to eat?
Lin Chaoyue frowned, clearly not understanding: "Are you sure you want to invite me?"
"Don't doubt it, I know you got the highest prize, but I got quite a lot! This much!"
The game prize money calculation in the group has been released, and a five-digit number is prominently displayed next to Nie Shanshan's name.
The numbers listed afterward include the number of people eliminated, their survival time, and the number of badges they hold.
Lin Chaoyue belatedly realized: "As long as you participate, you have a chance to win a prize? Why wasn't this mentioned before?"
How come she's never even heard of such an important rule?
"Because it's a hidden benefit."
Nie Shanshan glanced around to make sure no one was watching before pulling Lin Chaoyue aside and whispering, "Quite a few people didn't come to this team building event. A few days ago, when the rules were announced, several of our new recruits asked for leave."
"Why."
"What else could it be? They're afraid of hardship and fatigue. At least in the previous knowledge quizzes, they could show themselves. But in this kind of game, there's hardly any chance to show yourself. You're lucky if you don't get your face covered in insults and get eliminated. Besides, they kept saying that a few senior executives were busy and wouldn't be able to come, so everyone's enthusiasm wasn't very high."
Nie Shanshan patted Lin Chaoyue on the shoulder: "If we're talking about luck, you're really lucky. You got first place in a group with Pei Lu. Although Pei Lu didn't get his share of the prize money and used it to improve everyone's meals, your share was a solid half."
“Some people were just complaining about this, but it was Pei Lu who personally approved it. A few sycophants wanted to praise Pei Lu, but he said it was mainly your achievement, so no one dared to say anything more.”
Lin Chaoyue's eyes lit up: "He said it was mainly my doing? What else did he say?"
"That's all, right? Zhizhi, do you remember?"
Meng Yuzhi, who had been silent all along, noticed the snacks bulging out of Lin Chaoyue's pocket and whispered, "I asked you about your performance in the recent team-building quiz competition, and I also asked the administrative staff where you bought the crispy chips."
"Oh, that's what you asked. But what's so good about Doritos? I'll treat you to dinner tonight. Eating roast whole lamb alone is too greasy, so I'll add some crayfish for you. The cucumber in the crayfish is the most refreshing and helps cut through the richness..."
Where did Pei Shuwen say that?
Nie Shanshan, who was still dreaming about having a big dinner that night, was interrupted.
After stammering for a while, I finally understood what Lin Chaoyue was asking.
"It was said right here."
Lin Chaoyue asked anxiously, "Where is he?"
"It sounds like she went over there with Zhao Lu for tea. There's a cluster of bamboo houses through the flower bushes. Look, just go over that path."
"Hey, Lin Chaoyue, where are you going? You haven't said what you want to eat yet..."
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